Chancellor Blumenthal hosted a lunch recently to honor about a dozen "pioneer" staff and faculty members, many of whom were working on the campus in the inaugural year of 1965-66.

The honorees, including invited family members, are shown with the chancellor at University House:

Front row (L-R): Maxine Lane, Ruth Crook, Phyllis Gilbert, Charles Gilbert, Robynne Walters, Joan Randolph, Richard Randolph, Lou Fackler

Middle row (L-R): David Lane, Nancy Pascal, Emily Duffus, Karen Garcia Graham, Jerry Walters, Ann Dizikes

Back row (L-R): Roland Pascal, Lee Duffus, Victor Kimura, Rolf Augustine, Chancellor Blumenthal, John Dizikes

Photo: Terry Way Photography